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Di•nwucm AS A BILL BY COUNCILWOMAN HENNING
BY AU'l'BORI'.l'!
ORDIRANCE NO. ll._, SERIES OP 1973
All ORDIIWICB SUBllI'l"l'DfO TO A VO'l'B OP 'l'BE QUALIPIBD ELECTORS OP THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AT THE
CIBDRAL llOllICIPAL BLBC'l'ION TO BB HELD ON NOVBMBER 6, 1973, A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER °' 'ftlB CI'l'! CBI BIOLDIOOD RELATING TO 'l'llB QUALIPICATIONS OP COUNCILMEN AND THE ELIGIBILITY TO
BOLD TllB OJ'PICB TllBRBOJP, AND DBCLARINO AH DIBRGENCY.
VRBRBAS, Seot1on 9, Article XX ot tbe Conat1tut1on ot the State or Colorado and
Seot1on 8 ot tbe Charter ot tbe CltJ ot Englewood, Colorado authorize the City Council £or
tbe c1t1 ot Englewood on ita own 1n1tiat1ve, to aublllt to a vote ot the qualified electors
~ propoaed aaendllent to aa1d Charter, bJ Ordinance dul1 adopted not less than thirty (30)
cla7• prior to tbe eleot1on at wb1oh aaid vote aball be taken;, and
VBIREAS, aa a reault ot certain Pederal and State Court decisions relating to
the qual1t1oat1on ot voters and qualit1cat1on ot Councilmen to hold ottice, the City Council
........ 1t appropriate to reter to tbe qual1t1ed elector• ot the Cit1 ot Englewood a proposed
••end•ent to Article III, "Leg1alative Bod7,• Section 23 ot tbe Charter or the City or
Bngl•ood.
BE IT ORDUDD Bl 'l'BE CITY COUNCIL OP 'l'BE CITY OP ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO:
Section 1.
!'bat there la berebJ submitted to the qual1t1ed electors ot the City or Englewood
at tbe General llun1oipal Election to be held on Nov .. ber 6, 1973, a proposed amendment to the
Charter ot tbe CitJ or Englewood aa tollowa:
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Section 2.
ARTICLE III
LBOISLATIVE BODY
Section 23: Qu&l1t1cat1ona ot Counc1lllen
Ro person aball be eligible tor the ottice ot Councilmen unless at the
till• ot hi• election be la a citizen or the United States, at least
!llJffi-OllB 1eara ot age, and aball bave been tor 'l'WBLVE consecutive
110ntha ' ed1atel1 preceding such election, a qual1t1ed elector or the
C1tJ. Counc1lllen elected bJ D1atr1cta ahall alao be residents and
q\9Lr1ed electors ot their D1atr1cta. No elected City otttcial shall
bold &n1 other elective public ott1ce, nor aball be be a paid employee
ot tbe CitJ or &nJ other mun1c1palitJ.
Tb• Yotlng .. cb1nea and paper ballot• tor aaid election shall carry the tollowing
deasgnat1on wb1cb aball be tbe auba1aa1on clauae:
POR AGAINST -
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Amending the Charter ot the CitJ ot BngleM>od relating to Article III,
•Legtalat1ve lod.7,• Section 23, "Qualitioationa ot Councilmen," reducing
the age requ1r .. ent trom twent1-t1ve (25) 1eara to 'l'WEN'l'Y-ONE (21) years
and reducing the reaidenc1 requir ... nt troa three (3) 1ears to TWELVE
(12) 110ntba 1-d1atel1 preceding the election.
And each elector voting at said election and desirous or voting tor or against
aaid ... ndllent ahall indicate his choice bJ depreaaing the appropriate counter or the voting
.. chine "'11ch indicates the word •tor• or "Against,• or bJ appropriate marking upon paper
ballots where uaed.
leotlon ].
The proper otticiala ot tbe CitJ or Englewood ahall give notice ot said General
llwd.clpal Blect1on, which notice shall be publlahed 1n the manner and tor the length or
till• required bJ law, and the ballots caat at auob election shall be canvassed and the •esult
aaoertalned, detel'llined and oert1tied aa required bJ law.
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Ina..aob aa tbe Orcllnanoe auba1tt1ng tbe Cbarter Amendment to the certified
eleotora ot tbe Cit1 ot Englewood auat be t1nall7 .paaaed th1rt1 (30) days prior to the
General a&n1c1pal Election, C1t1 Council tinda and detera1nea that an emergency exists
and tbat the enactment ot tbe toregoing Ordinance ia neceaaar1 tor the immediate preservation
ot the public bealtb, peace, aatet1 and good order and, theretore, this Ordinance shall become
e~tect1ve on publ1oat1on tollow1ng t1nal paaaage.
Introduced, read 1n tull and passed on tirst reading the 4th day or
Septellber, 1973.
Publiabed aa a Bill tor an Ordinance on the 6th day or Sep,ember, 1973.
Read bJ title and passed on tinal reading on the 17th day or September, 1973.
Publiabed bJ title as Ordinance No. 33,.Seriea .ot 1973, on the 20th day or
September, 1913.
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JllQ'or
A'ft'BS'l' :
I, Karl Rollenberger, do herebJ certitJ that the above and toregoing is a
true, accurate and COllPlete cop1 ot an Ordinance passed on tinal reading and published
bJ title aa Ordinance No. 33, Series ot 1973.
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ex orrlolo CitJ Clerk-~ Treasurer
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